Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Clasping and squeezing of the hands, often in distress.
- noun An excessive expression of distress.
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- noun Alternative form of
hand wringing .
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Examples
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I am deeply disturbed more handwringing is not being done and is so very absent from so many conferences and ELT settings of which I am part!
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So a bit of handwringing is a good thing in my opinion.
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The point, though, after all of the handwringing, is that we’re not willing to stand up for women being systematically opporessed because (wait for it) we need Saudi oil.
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Behind all the handwringing is the fact that the Internet has not yet become the moneymaker that the $300 billion global publishing industry had hoped.
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Yet why must concerns about civil liberties be considered "handwringing" and upon what evidence is it presumed that it is impossible to be concerned by the terrorist threat and by the erosion of important civil liberties?
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Yet why must concerns about civil liberties be considered "handwringing" and upon what evidence is it presumed that it is impossible to be concerned by the terrorist threat and by the erosion of important civil liberties?
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Yet why must concerns about civil liberties be considered "handwringing" and upon what evidence is it presumed that it is impossible to be concerned by the terrorist threat and by the erosion of important civil liberties?
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This remains me of their public "handwringing" about whether to tout their overwhelming lead in the national polls.
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire; Others Urge Her To Fight On 2009
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This remains me of their public "handwringing" about whether to tout their overwhelming lead in the national polls.
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire; Others Urge Her To Fight On 2009
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Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Those opposed to nuclear annihilation are appeasers and guilty of "handwringing"
Those opposed to nuclear annihilation are appeasers and guilty of "handwringing" Glenn Greenwald 2006
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